Career Clusters connect school work with the knowledge and skills needed for success in college and careers. Each Career Cluster identifies pathways from secondary school to two- and four-year colleges, graduate school, and the workplace. These videos will motivate students to work harder to achieve their career goals. Please choose from any of the Career Clusters that interest you.
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At the age of fourteen, Hugh Leon McColl Jr. learned double entry book-keeping while working at his father's cotton company. This skill would prepare him for a career in banking and would lead McColl...
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Cecil Williams talks about his experiences and the importance of books and mentors. Williams hopes his work will inspire a younger generation and introduces a young man who works at his studio.
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A. Foster McKissick (1869 – 1938) Anthony Foster McKissick was a major figure in the Southern textile industry and was also a college professor, scientist, state legislator, philanthropist, and...
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Von Howard believes the most important traits in a dancer are drive and work ethic.
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Cecil Williams talks about his process for taking photographs in his studio.
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Cecil J. Williams is a native of Orangeburg, South Carolina. He began taking documentary photographs of his community at the age of nine. By 15, he was working professionally as a freelancer for Jet...
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James C. "Jim" Self (1919–1998) James C. Self and his son, Jim, were the first father-son laureates of the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame. Jim Self's father took over a run-down, 10-year-old...
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An interview with Jasper Salmond on Wilbur S. Smith. Wilbur S. Smith (1911–1990) Wilbur Smith's name is probably known in more places around the world today than any other South Carolinian's. The...
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John A. Warren (1925-2009) John Warren retired as chairman and chief executive of SCANA Corporation in January 1990, but 18 months later he was working again, as chairman of the South Carolina State...
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A harbor is a very busy place. At the Charleston Harbor in Charleston, South Carolina, the waters are patrolled by the harbor police, whose job it is to monitor the waters for boater safety...
